Post by George Carty - HJG on May 2, 2006 11:26:57 GMT
I've now got my 707-320/420 panel to a point where I consider it ready to be put onto the HJG site. The zip file attached to this e-mail includes the panel itself (background bitmaps and panel.cfg files) for both -320 and -420 aircraft (the -420 has a smaller centre fuel tank).
Compared to the panel in the 707-436 package which I distributed a while back, this panel for HJG has many minor improvements. It now has a switch for extending/retracting landing lights, along with an altitude alerter and a "call attendant" feature inspired by the HJG DC-8 panel. The pneumatic system also behaves more realistically, and more gauges have the new FS2004-style dynamic tooltips. In addition, panel sounds now work in all interior views.
For now you can get the panel here and here. (both files are needed). I split the file originally to make it possible to send by e-mail. I'll delete the files from those locations once we've decided how to handle the 707 panel issue.
Also included in the attached zip files are a panel manual (in HTML format), new FDEs for -320C and -420 (these have the fuel tanks and autopilot already set up for compatibility with this panel, plus more accurate stall speeds than the current HJG files - only a few knots out in most cases), checklist and reference files (including full takeoff and landing speed guides). I would like these FDEs to become standard for all HJG 707-320 and -420 aircraft.
(You'll need to change the [fltsim.xx] sections though to match your own visual models and texture sets).
While the -320C FDE would also work for -320B, I haven't got a turbojet 707-320 FDE among the zip files, as I have no such aircraft in my 707 collection. However you can make such an FDE from the included FDEs as follows:
1. Start with the AIRCRAFT.CFG and AIR file for the 707-420. Replace the [fltsim.xx] and [General] sections as appropriate.
2. Replace the entire [fuel] section with that from the 707-320C
3. In the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section, replace max_gross_weight=316000.797 with max_gross_weight=312000.797.
4. In the [GeneralEngineData] section, replace fuel_flow_scalar=1.260000 with fuel_flow_scalar=1.560000.
This should give you a reasonable turbojet 707-320.
Compared to the panel in the 707-436 package which I distributed a while back, this panel for HJG has many minor improvements. It now has a switch for extending/retracting landing lights, along with an altitude alerter and a "call attendant" feature inspired by the HJG DC-8 panel. The pneumatic system also behaves more realistically, and more gauges have the new FS2004-style dynamic tooltips. In addition, panel sounds now work in all interior views.
For now you can get the panel here and here. (both files are needed). I split the file originally to make it possible to send by e-mail. I'll delete the files from those locations once we've decided how to handle the 707 panel issue.
Also included in the attached zip files are a panel manual (in HTML format), new FDEs for -320C and -420 (these have the fuel tanks and autopilot already set up for compatibility with this panel, plus more accurate stall speeds than the current HJG files - only a few knots out in most cases), checklist and reference files (including full takeoff and landing speed guides). I would like these FDEs to become standard for all HJG 707-320 and -420 aircraft.
(You'll need to change the [fltsim.xx] sections though to match your own visual models and texture sets).
While the -320C FDE would also work for -320B, I haven't got a turbojet 707-320 FDE among the zip files, as I have no such aircraft in my 707 collection. However you can make such an FDE from the included FDEs as follows:
1. Start with the AIRCRAFT.CFG and AIR file for the 707-420. Replace the [fltsim.xx] and [General] sections as appropriate.
2. Replace the entire [fuel] section with that from the 707-320C
3. In the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section, replace max_gross_weight=316000.797 with max_gross_weight=312000.797.
4. In the [GeneralEngineData] section, replace fuel_flow_scalar=1.260000 with fuel_flow_scalar=1.560000.
This should give you a reasonable turbojet 707-320.
). The replacement SOUND.CFG files are designed for these sound packs to remove the inverter sound (which is now taken care of by the panel, instead). I didn't include the WAV files in my downloads, as I wanted to keep the file size down. 
